Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. South Asian
7. Himalayan
8. Tibetan (culture or style)
9. Tibetan painting styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Tibetan school of painting associated with the Buddhist order of the same name, one of the 4 main orders. The school, which flourished from the 13th to the 16th centuries in central Tibet, developed in Sakya monasteries, particularly in the monastery of Ngor. Sakya paintings are often composed of multiple mandalas characterized by even, flat colors, an icon-like quality, and an overall directness that complements their religious and visual complexity.